Historic Luger to go on Display

DavidJayUden · 09-23-2014, 12:43 AM

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You may have a point, but shooting targets and sniping with open sights are 2 distinctly different ballgames. Every year I hunt whitetail deer with open sights, and the tall blowing grass, the shadows from trees (sometimes moving if it is windy), the colors that all run together, partial targets behind trees, blades of grass or sticks in the way, old eyes, etc, etc, etc, all add up to real challenges. And shots rarely exceed 100 yds. What was an easy shot at the range can easily become a complete miss in the field.
I always manage to kill a deer, but it makes me appreciate what an improvement the telescope is to riflery. And to tackle a one shot kill on a heavily guarded man at 300M with a K98 would be challenging to say the very least.
Or it certainly would be for me...
dju

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09-23-2014, 12:43 AM	#10
DavidJayUden Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,047 Thanks: 578 Thanked 1,414 Times in 887 Posts	D: You may have a point, but shooting targets and sniping with open sights are 2 distinctly different ballgames. Every year I hunt whitetail deer with open sights, and the tall blowing grass, the shadows from trees (sometimes moving if it is windy), the colors that all run together, partial targets behind trees, blades of grass or sticks in the way, old eyes, etc, etc, etc, all add up to real challenges. And shots rarely exceed 100 yds. What was an easy shot at the range can easily become a complete miss in the field. I always manage to kill a deer, but it makes me appreciate what an improvement the telescope is to riflery. And to tackle a one shot kill on a heavily guarded man at 300M with a K98 would be challenging to say the very least. Or it certainly would be for me... dju